The two quickly fell in love and were engaged, though shortly afterwards Jim decides to stop drinking, a decision Laura pretends to approve of.

Claiming her phone is dead, Tyler has Laura exchange numbers with Marty, who later sends her a picture of his erect penis.

When he corners her in the bathroom she realizes that Tyler has been encouraging Marty to help her cheat by revealing a specific sexual fetish of hers.

Laura stays at Jim's but at one of his work events she eventually realizes that he stopped drinking because he cheated on her with Kirsten, a woman in the orchestra.

The novel received positive reviews on publication, with writer Caitlin Moran describing it as "Withnail for Girls" and declaring that she wished she had written it.

[4] The novel was adapted into a film of the same name (relocated to Dublin) in 2019, directed by Sophie Hyde and starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler.